AUS vs IND third Test | Rishabh Pant has dropped extra catches than every other keeper on the earth: Ponting

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Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting, sad with Rishabh Pant’s glovework in Sydney Test, stated that the 21-year-old has dropped extra catches than every other keeper on the earth. 

On Day 1 of the third Test between Australia and India, Pant dropped Will Pucovski on two events. Pucovski, taking part in his first Test, nicked the ball off Ravi Ashwin’s supply however Pant was unable to pay money for the ball.

Just three overs later, Pucovski edged Mohammed Siraj’s bouncer whereas attempting to play a pull shot. Pant, after juggling it the primary time, managed to pluck the catch however replays confirmed that the ball had touched the bottom. 22-year-old Pucovski was given one other lifeline on his debut. He went on to attain 62 earlier than Navdeep Saini trapped him plumb.

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“The one’s (dropped catches) today are two that should be taken, simple as that. It’s probably lucky for Rishabh that Pucovski didn’t go on and make a big hundred or a double hundred and looking at the wicket, it looks like an unbelievable surface,” Ponting advised cricket.com.au.

“I’m sure when Rishabh put those catches down, he would have thought the worst and ‘here we go, he’s really going to make me pay’ but (Pucovski) didn’t today,” Ponting added. “I’ve stated all of it alongside, the knock on Rishabh is all the time going to be on his holding. Since his debut in Test cricket, he’s dropped extra catches than every other keeper on the earth. That highlights he has obtained some work to do along with his holding,” Ponting, who labored carefully with Pant in Delhi Capitals (DC) dugout, stated. 

Ponting additionally lauded debutant Pucovski’s knock and stated that the teen seemed ‘composed’ on his debut. Pucovski stitched a century stand with Marnus Labuschagne to place the hosts in a commanding place on the primary day. Australia ended the day on 166/2, with Labuschagne and Steve Smith within the center.

“The thing I liked most was his composure. He looked really composed, he didn’t look overawed at all. He looked like he trusted his game, trusted his defence early on against some good fast bowling and just before the tea break started to expand his game a little bit; (he played) some nice cut shots, back-foot punches and some nice pull shots,” Ponting stated.